Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

World History final > Final > Flashcards

Final Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards European History 101 flashcards AP® European History flashcards AP® World History flashcards World History 102 flashcards U.S. History 102 flashcards World History 101 flashcards U.S. History 101 flashcards
1
Q

Scientific Revolution

A

a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Rousseau

A

stressed the equality of all people
-“Champion” of Individual freedom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Sir Issac Newton

A

Father of Modern Calculus
-created the theory of gravity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Nicolas Copernicus

A

proposed the Heliocentric theory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Galileo Galilei

A

Father of Modern Science
-built the 1st telescope
-first to discover the moon
-proved the heliocentric theory right

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Heliocentric theory

A

sun was the center of the universe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Enlightenment

A

intellectual movement that stressed reason, logic, and freedom of thought rather than faith/religion and supersition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Thomas Hobbes

A

Father of Modern Day Dictaorship
-he said the purpose of gov. was to impose peace, safely, and order
-he believed the best gov. was absolute monarchy total control

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

John Locke

A

Father of Modern Democratic Republic
-he said the purpose of gov. was to protect people natural rights
-he believed the best government was Enlightenment Monarchy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Voltaire

A

stressed freedom of speech and religion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Adam Smith

A

Father of Capitalism
-promoted market economy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Benjamin Franklin

A

greatest American enlightenment thinker

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Geocentric Theory

A

the earth was the center of the universe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Robert Hooke

A

Father of Modern Biology
-discovered the cell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Robert Boyle

A

Father of Modern Chemistry
-first to define on element

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Philosophes

A

thinkers of the Enlightenment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Birthplace of the Enlightenment

A

France

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Salons

A

social gatherings where the thinkers get together and discuss

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Montesque

A

stressed gov. need a separation of powers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Diderot

A

“Father of Google”
-created the Encyclopedia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Imperialism

A

take over of a weak country by a stronger country

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

social darwinism

A

survival of the fittest=strongest nation will survive

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

racism

A

belief that European culture was superior

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

david livingstone

A

1st european to explore africa

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

henry stanley

A

journalist that found dr. livingstone

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

king leopold II

A

king of Belgium that made the Congo his private planation, enslaving and exploting the locals for rubber and ivory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Joseph Conrad

A

wrote “Heart of Darkness’’

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Rudyard Kipling

A

wrote “White Man’s Burden”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

what was the nickname of the Dutch?

A

Boers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Shaka

A

Zulu chief that defended his land

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Great Trek

A

A migration of Dutch colonists out of British-controlled territory in South Africa during the 1830s.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Apartheid

A

“separateness” policy of segregation in South Africa

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Nelson Mandela

A

Father of Africa

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Cecil Rhodes

A

POWERFUL brit businessman that founded his own colony Rhodesia-today Zimbabwe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

Paternalism

A

policy where europeans governed weaker countries like their parents

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

Assimilation

A

policy where weaker nations give up their culture and adopt the European’s (have to act and look like them)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

Maji Maji Rebellion

A

east africans thought magic water would protect them but it resulted in 75000 of them being killed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

Geopolitics

A

interest in a land for its strategic location and products

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

Florence Nightingale

A

Lady with the Lamp- Founder of modern nursing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

Mohammed Ali

A

ruler of Egypt that modernizes country and build canal for trade

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

Suez Canal

A

canal that connects the Red Sea + Mediterranean Sea that became “lifeline of the British Empire”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

Ferdinand de Lesseps

A

engineer that built the Suez Canal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

sepoys

A

Indian Soldiers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

Raj

A

Portion of Indian controlled by Brits

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

British Viceroys

A

governors that ruled diff providences in Raj

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

Queen Victoria

A

queen of Great Britian

47
Q

Mohandas Gandhi

A

Father of India

48
Q

Anna Leonowens

A

British Teacher

49
Q

china

A

big prize of imperalism

50
Q

Open Door Policy

A

policy proposed by US to have China open trade w/any country that wants to trade w/it.

51
Q

Boxer Rebellion

A

attempt to drive out foreign devils from China
-attempt was crushed

52
Q

Korea

A

colony of japan

53
Q

Monroe Doctrine

A

statement that all pwrs could not imepralize the Americas

54
Q

Queen Liliuokalani

A

monarch of Hawaii

55
Q

Emilio Aguinaldo

A

led the Philippines

56
Q

WWI

A

brought an end to imperialism

57
Q

Revolution

A

a sudden radical, complete change

58
Q

What was the name of the social and political structure of France?

A

Ancient Regime

59
Q

church officials

A

first estate

60
Q

nobility

A

second estate

61
Q

common people

A

third estate

62
Q

Bourgeoisie

A

merchants, doctors, lawyer, etc.

63
Q

Artisans

A

skilled trade

64
Q

Peasants

A

famer, city workes

65
Q

King during French rev

A

Louis XVI

66
Q

Queen during French rev

A

Marie Antoinette(nickname: Madam Deficit)

67
Q

Versailles

A

Monarch’s 800 room summer house

68
Q

Estates General

A

the representative assembly of the three estates

69
Q

Tennis Court Oath

A

Oath stating that the will not leave the tennis court until the written constitution was made

70
Q

Storming of the Bastille

A

started the rev

71
Q

What was the Great Fear?

A

a rumor that the king will send foreign troops to punish the 3rd estate

72
Q

2 documents did the National Assembly wrote

A
  1. France’s first written constitution
  2. The Declaration of the Rights of Men and Citizen
73
Q

Constitution

A

new form of goverment

74
Q

Women’s March

A

7000 women march to Versailles and demand bread and for the king to return to Paris

75
Q

What was France’s new government?

A

Constitutional monarchy

76
Q

Legislative Assembly

A

replaced the Natonal Assembly

77
Q

3 factions of the Legis. Assem.

A
  1. Royalist: conservatives -nobles
  2. Girondists: moderates -bourgeoisie
  3. Jacobins: radicals -san culottes
78
Q

Royalist

A

favor the monarchy

79
Q

Girondists

A

favor constitution

80
Q

Jacobins

A

Favor the republic

81
Q

Émigrés

A

fleeing of a mass of nobles due to fear for life

82
Q

Why do many countries declare war on France?

A

they didn’t want the revolutionary ideas to spread to their country

83
Q

Maximilien Robespierre

A

France’s ruler during the revolution

84
Q

Form of Death during french rev

A

guillotine

85
Q

Committe of Public Safety

A

court system of 12 men set up to stamp out the opposition of the revolution

86
Q

Place de la Creve

A

place of execution

87
Q

George Danton

A

second in command to Robespierre and had Robespierre be-headed

88
Q

When did the Reign of Terror end?

A

When Robespierre was executed

89
Q

the Directory

A

5 men group that ruled (lasted 4 yrs)

90
Q

Napolean Bonaparte

A

-born in Corsia
-military genius who became King of France

91
Q

coup d’ètat

A

taking a state by force- blow to state

92
Q

Consulate

A

group of 3 counsuls

93
Q

Concordat

A

an agreement to give the Catholic church their lands and some power

94
Q

Napoleonic code

A

law code: code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, appointed people to public office based on merit(ability) rather than birth connections.

95
Q

Plebiscite

A

vote of people

96
Q

Josephine

A

first wife of Napolean

97
Q

Marie Louise

A

second wife of Napolean gave him a son, Napoleon II

98
Q

Toussaint L’Ouverture

A

led the slave uprising and allowed Haiti to gain it’s independence

99
Q

Napoleonic Wars

A

7 wars from 1792-1815 against the European 4 coalitions

100
Q

coalition

A

European military alliances

101
Q

Nationalism

A

loyalty to your country

102
Q

Battle of Trafalgar

A

vs British, led by Horatio Nelson, defeat of Napoleon’s forces at sea
attempt to capture great britian

103
Q

Battle of Austerlitz

A

the greatest victory of Napoleon’s career

104
Q

3 mistakes Napoleon made

A
  1. Continental System
  2. Peninsular War
  3. Russian Campaign
105
Q

Guerilla warefare

A

fighting carried on through hit-and-run raids

106
Q

Battle of Leipzig

A

3 Coalition’s defeat Napoleon and his allies; this battle led to Napoleon’s exile

107
Q

where was Napoleon first exiled?

A

island of elba

108
Q

Louis XVIII

A

king that everyone hated after Napoleon

109
Q

the Hundred Days

A

Napoleon’s last bid for power

110
Q

4th Coalition

A

led by Duke of Wellington that crushed Napoleon @ Battle of Waterloo

111
Q

where was Napoleon exiled for the 2nd time?

A

St. Helena

112
Q

oasis

A

green areas fed by undergroud water

113
Q
A

World History final (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions